yep,treat for 3 days with meds.(temp helps too,but i didn't raise the temp for fear of it not dropping/killing fish)
Hi dasher, The easiest and cheapewst way to treat ICK is to add about 2-4kgs salt per 1000l water and to turn up the temp to 28-30C. Always do a 20% water change before starting any form of treatment, no matter how simple it is. Water quality!
I would assume that when salt is refered to in this context that it would be aqaurium salt! As I have said before, salt is very good immediate treatment when you notice an illness. Most forms of disease are single cell of structure and do not like a sudden small change in the saltiness/ freshwaterness in salt water tanks, and thus tend to start releasing themselves thuis allowing medication to work better. Had a major ICK problem in a 800l tank and the advice given, by a very knowledgable person, was to add 2kgs per 100l of water.Worked wonders!
Another name for aquarium salt is non-iodated salt aint expensive if you can get a 50kg bag from a farmers co-op.
Hi Shakester, you have to be really sure you have neon tetra disease, because if you do you need to get those fish out now and chuck them. You would also most likely have to dismantle your entire tank and clean it as you can not cure neon tetra disease.
Shakes... you need to be 100% sure of the diagnosis before just dosing a medication for something you THINK is wrong. As far as I recall, the only medication for NTD is to terminate the fish, empty the tank, THROW EVERYTHING ELSE AWAY, and start from scratch.
no ,they deffinatatly got ick /velvet and even if they dont have ntd the protozin treats both and more so it ok
